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About the Newspapers Collection

Scope of the collection
Access to physical copies of newspapers
Ordering copies of newspaper articles
Our contact details

The Newspapers Collection is an index of major articles published in the suburban newspapers of North Shore, West Auckland and Rodney. These articles are primarily from the North Shore Times and the Western Leader, but they also include the Aucklander Shore and Aucklander West editions and other regional newspapers. North Shore newspapers have been indexed since 1992 and Waitakere newspapers since 1992. Rodney Library began indexing the Rodney Times in 2008, and in future will be retrospectively indexing earlier editions of this paper.



Scope of the collection

Newspaper Physical format Available to view at Coverage in this index Date range of physical copy in library
Aucklander: Shore ed. Print Takapuna Library 2003 – present 2003 – present
Beach Haven Enterprise Print Takapuna Library Not indexed 1963 - 1967
Devonport Flagstaff Print Devonport Library 1992 – present 1992 – present
North Harbour News Print Takapuna Library 1992 – 2004 1992 – present (not indexed after 2004)
North Shore Times Microfilm Takapuna Library 1992 – present 1965 - present (not indexed before 1992)
Shore News Print Takapuna Library 1992 – 2003 1992 – 2003 (in 2004 became Aucklander: Shore ed.)
Aucklander: West ed. Print Waitakere Central Library 2003 – present 2003 – present
West Weekly Print Waitakere Central Library 2002 – 2003 2002 – present
Western Leader Microfilm & Print Waitakere Central Library 2002 – present 2002 – present


Access to physical copies of newspapers

Print/microfilm copies of North Shore newspapers can be viewed at the NZ Collection, Takapuna Library, The Strand, Takapuna.

Print copies of Waitakere newspapers can be viewed in the Local History Collection, Level 2, Waitakere Central Library, Henderson.

Please contact Rodney Libraries to enquire about the availability of the Rodney Times.

For a detailed list of holdings for the local newspapers listed above, check the library catalogues of North Shore, Waitakere and Rodney Libraries at http://www.elgar.govt.nz.



Ordering copies of newspaper articles

You don't need to fill in an order form for newspaper articles indexed on Local History Online. If you would like a copy of an article, please contact us for further information (contact details are below). Your email should include the title, date and page reference of the article(s) you are interested in.

Please note that if you intend to use the article for anything other than private research, you will first need to clear copyright with the newspaper. We can advise with contact details.



Our contact details

North Shore Libraries
New Zealand Collection Librarian, Takapuna Library
Phone (09) 486-8466 (Mon-Fri 9-5:30)
Email NZClibrarian@shorelibraries.govt.nz

Waitakere City Libraries
Customer Services, Waitakere Central Library
Phone (09) 839-0400 (24 hours, 7 days a week) or (09) 836-8000 (Mon-Fri 8-5)
Email info@waitakere.govt.nz

Rodney Libraries
Coordinator Reference & Information Access
Phone (09) 427-3922 (Mon-Fri 8:30-5)
Email christine.chambers@rodney.govt.nz

About this collection Conditions of Use and Ordering Accessibility Contact UsHelp